Level E

Attainment Targets

• E1.1 - explain the motives or actions of people in particular historical situations
  
  
• E1.2 - explain the values or attitudes that characterised various societies in the past
  
  
• E1.3 - explain why particular societies, people and events from the past are thought to be significant
  
  
• E2.1 - demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the main features of a particular event/development/attitude with regard to change and continuity
  
  
• E2.2 - give some reasons to explain why a specific historical event/action/development took place and what the specific consequences were
  
  
• E3.1 - explain the relationship between specific dates and the relevant century
  
  
• E3.2 - name and place significant historical periods in chronological order
  
  
• E4.1 - suggest ways in which society's awareness of its own past can affect its present and future development, e.g. devolution in Scotland, conflict/peace in Northern Ireland